Concerns raised over new contact tracing rules in schools
A Donegal teacher and General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation is warning health officials in relation to the new contact tracing rules which have been introduced for schools. From yesterday primary school children will not have to restrict their movements if they come into contact with someone that…
Investigation launched into Letterkenny University Hospital incidents
A senior investigating officer’s been appointed by Gardai to oversee an investigation around a number of recent incidents at Letterkenny University Hospital in Donegal, involving Covid denying activists. It’s after a video emerged on line, showing a Covid patient, Joe McCarron, apparently being encouraged to leave the facility by another…
House prices continue to rise in the north west
House prices have risen by over 10% across the north west in the last year. That’s according to the latest Daft.ie Quarterly Report on national house prices. The average price of a home in Donegal has risen by 11% now costing €170,716. The price has gone up by 12.2% in…
People encouraged to take part in HSE home share scheme
People are encouraged to take part in the HSE’s home sharing scheme in Sligo and Leitrim. It involves caring for and sharing your home with a child or an adult with a disability and/or autism. The scheme is flexible with host families able to choose to offer a morning, afternoon…
Donegal Council meeting adjourned as a mark of respect to the late Bernard McGuinness
This morning’s meeting of Donegal Council was adjourned as a mark of respect to the former Donegal Councillor, Bernard McGuinness. Sitting Councillors paid Tributes in memory of the late Councillor at the reconvened meeting of the local authority. Councillors spoke of how he wasn’t afraid to challenge and fight…
Former Councillor Francie Gilmartin remembered fondly by colleagues
Tributes are being paid this morning to the former Leitrim Fianna Fáil Councillor Francie Gilmartin who passed away yesterday following an illness. The popular Councillor served 15 years on the local authority in Leitrim, losing his seat in 2014. It followed the redrawing of the local electoral area, which saw…
64 people waiting on hospital beds in North West
Letterkenny University Hospital has the third-highest number of patients in the country waiting on hospital beds this morning. There are currently 46 people waiting at the Donegal hospital for a bed with 9 in the emergency department with 37 on other wards. 18 people are waiting on a…